Superfamily SCOLIOIDEA 1279 



testaceipes Fox. Ariz. 



Chyphotes testaceipes Fox, 1899. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 25: 277. 9. 



Taxonomy: Mickel, 1967. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 93: 173. 



Morphology: Reid, 1941. Roy. Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 91: 386-387, figs. 17-18 (thorax). 



wasbaueri Mickel. Calif. (San Bernardino Co.). 



Chyphotes (Chyphotes) wasbaueri Mickel, 1967. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 93: 180. 9 . 



Genus CHYPHOTES Subgenus PITANTA Pate 



Pitanta Pate, 1947. Notulae Nat. 192: 1. 



Type-species: Pitanta mojave Pate. Orig. desig. 



Species Group Similis 



similis Baker. Calif.; Mexico (Baja California). 



Chyphotes similis Baker, 1905. Invertebrata Pacifica 1: 117. 6. 



Taxonomy: Mickel, 1967. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 93: 188, fig. 8, map 15. 



Species Group Nubeculus 



fergusoni Mickel. Oreg., Idaho, Utah, Nev., Calif. 



Chyphotes (Pitanta) fergusoni Mickel, 1967. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 93: 193, fig. 24, map 

 17. 6. 

 nubeculus (Cresson). Mont., Wyo., Nebr., Kans., Colo., Tex., N. Mex., Ariz.; Mexico (Sonora). 



Mutilla nubecula Cresson, 1865. Ent. Soc Phila., Proc 4: 440. 6. 



Taxonomy: Mickel, 1967. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 93: 191, fig. 22, map 16. 



Species Group Heathii 



bruscus Buzicky. Ariz., Calif. 



Chyphotes bruscus Buzicky, 1941. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 21: 214. S. 



Taxonomy: Mickel, 1967. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 93: 195, fig. 26, map 19. 

 heathii Melander. Calif. (Pacific Grove). 



Chyphotes Heathii Melander, 1903. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 29: 326. 6. 



Taxonomy: Mickel, 1967. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 93: 194, fig. 25, map 18. 



Species Group Pallidus 



buzickyi Mickel. Calif.; Mexico (Baja California). 



Chyphotes (Pitanta) buzickyi Mickel, 1967. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 93: 200, fig. 14. 6, 9. 

 marginalis Mickel. Calif. (Imperial Co.). 



Chyphotes (Pitanta) marginalis Mickel, 1967. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 93: 196, fig. 27. 6. 

 minimus Mickel. Ariz.; Mexico (Sonora). 



Chyphotes yninimus Mickel, 1963. Pan-Pacific Ent. 39: 186. 6. 



mojave (Pate). Calif. 



Pitanta mojave Pate, 1947. Notulae Nat. 192: 3. <J. 



Taxonomy: Mickel, 1967. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 93: 202, fig. 29. 6, 9. 

 nitidus Mickel. Calif. (Winterhaven, Glamis). 



Chyphotes nitidus Mickel, 1963. Pan-Pacific Ent. 39: 188. 9. 



Taxonomy: Mickel, 1974. Ent. Soc Amer., Ann. 67: 461, fig. 1. i. 



pallidus Buzicky. Ariz., Calif. 



Chyphotes pallidus Buzicky, 1941. Ent. Amer. (n. s.) 21: 226. 6. 



Taxonomy: Mickel, 1967. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 93: 198, fig. 28, map 20. 



Species Group Albipes 



albipes (Cresson). Alta., B. C, Idaho, Wash., Oreg., Calif., Nev., Utah, Ariz. 

 Agama albipes Cresson, 1874. Amer. Ent. Soc, Trans. 5: 99. 6. 

 Chyphotes nevadensis Baker, 1905. Invertebrata Pacifica 1: 118. 6. 



